LeBron Makes A Guarantee For Game 4 In The NBA Finals

Summary of 13 articles · Updated Jun 14, 2013

After being outscored by Danny Green through the first three games of the NBA Finals, LeBron James has finally issued a guarantee: he’ll be better for Game 4. Then there’s LeBron James, who told us before the Finals he was 50 times better than he was in 2… (more)007. Halfway through the NBA Finals, and 36 hours after a blowout Spurs win, you may have heard that LeBron James is not playing well. Also worth mentioning: The last time LeBron went three straight games, regular season or playoffs, without scoring 20? Games 3-5 of the 2011 Finals." There were times in Game 3 when LeBron James looked as if he was facing the 2011 Mavericks' defense all over again. Mike Prada and John Schuhmann do dynamite jobs of breaking down LeBron James' evident, persistent struggles in the Miami Heat's huge Game 3 loss to the San Antonio Spurs, owing in part to San Antonio's deep-sagging, paint-packing team defense and James' curious inability to hit jumpers in the Finals after sharpening his stroke this season. PF: Grantland. • "But he’s been uncharacteristically ineffective when it comes to scoring the ball, going for less than 20 in each of the first three games, shooting under 50 percent in all three, and most stunningly, only getting to the line a combined six times, including a big ol’ bagel in FTAs for Game 3, his first game without a single trip to the charity stripe since 2009.

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Ian Thomsen: LeBron will have all the pressure he can handle in Game 4

SAN ANTONIO -- There were times in Game 3 when LeBron James looked as if he was facing the 2011 Mavericks' defense all over again. There were times when he looked as if it was the 2007 NBA Finals, as if he had no answers for the Spurs' smothering tactic…

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